BIBLE  GEMS. 


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(«^     f'"'^  ^     sg; 


I  Know  That  My  Redeemer  Liveth. 


DEAR  FRIEND: 

Having  been  myself  rescued  from  the  power  of  sin,  through  the  love 
and  mercy  of  Jesus  Christ,  I  have  long  had  an  earnest  desire  to  do 
something  that  might  recommend  Him  to  my  friends  of  the  University 
!  of  California.  Every  well  posted  person  in  the  State  must  know  that  the 
many  students,  year  by  year  coming  outfrom  Berkeley,  are  destined  to 
have  a  very  considerable  influence  on  the  people  of  this  coast.  The  educa 
tion  of  the  University  settles  that.  But  whether  that  influence  shall  be  on 
the  side  of  righteousness,  purity  of  life  and  moral  progress,  depends 
upon  ivhat  is  the  foundation  of  our  moral  life. 

I  trust  that  all  who  hove  tried  to  post  themselves  on  the  current  learn- 
ing of  the  day,  have  found  that  no  amount  of  learning  will  give  u^  the 
rnastery  over  the  simplest  bad  habit,  how  much  less  purge  the  recoi'ds 
of  our  past  lives  from,  guilt.  Having  tried  by  many  devices  to  rid  my- 
self from,  evil  and  to  live  an  honest  and  upright  life,  and  having  foi' 
years  been  baffled  in  every  attempt,  in  sheer  despair  I  turned  to  the 
much  disused  and  neglected  Bible,  and  by  earnest  prayer,  found  a 
Saviour  who  was  able  to  save  to  the  uttermost. 

Now  I  know  that  in  the  University,  with  all  its  literary  and  scientific 
training  the  Bible  is  a  disused  book.,  I  speak  from  personal  experience. 
It  is  to  supply  this  lack  to  some  extent  at  least,  that  I  desire  to  present 
you  this  little  book  of  Bible  Gems.  They  are  not  my  words  but  God's. 
Accept  them  as  such  and  you  will  surely  find  peace. 

With  this  book  go  my  most  earnest  prayers,  and  the  prayers  of  many 
Christian  people,  that  the  Spirit  may  help  you  to  believe  and  under- 
stand. 

Yours  in  the  love  of  Christ, 

FRANKLIN  RHODA,  J 

Class  of  '73. 
Feuit  Vale,  Alameda  County,  California,  July  18, 1382. 


BI15LE     aEMS, 


SPECIAL    EDITION, 


For  the  Professors,  Students,  and  Alumni 


of  the  University  of  California. 


FRUIT      VALE,     ALAMEDA      COUNTY,     CALIFORNIA. 


OF  THS 


OAKLAND: 

WEEKLY  VIDETTE  STEAM  BOOK  AND  JOB  PRINTING  OFFICE. 
1882. 


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P   RE   FACE. 


This  little  book  o£  Gems  is  published  for  the  child- 
ren of  the  Fruit  Vale  Sunday  School,  and  by  the  aid 
of  their  contributions.  The  Gems  have  been  selected 
after  earnest  prayer  for  the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
Each  is  intended  to  be  a  help  to  some  soul  in  time  of 
need.  Christ  alone  is  the  strong  ship  that  can  carry 
us  safely  over  the  troubled  sea  of  life,  but  one  of  these 
Gems  may  be  a  light-house  to  warn  us  from  the  reefs 
and  shoals  of  sin ;  another  may  be  a  faithful  compass 
when  clouds  and  darkness  hang  over  the  soul ;  another 
may  be  the  glorious  sun  shining  forth  when  we  have 
lost  our  reckoning ;  another  may  be  a  life-boat  to  bear 
up  the  poor  shipwrecked  sailor;  and  all  together  may 
guide  us  at  last  to  the  Golden  Gate  that  opens  to  the 
harbor  of  refuge  and  rest,  where  the  heavenly  city 
appears  all  glorious  in  the  light  of  God's  own  loving 
presence.  But  to  those  who  would  drink  deep  of  the 
waters  of  life,  I  can  only  point  to  the  cross  of  Christ, 
and  to  the  Bible  which  is  filled  with  many  more  Gems 
as  beautiful  as  those  printed  here. 

To  all  who  need  the  salvation  purchased  by  the  in- 
finite love  of  Christ,  but  more  especially  to  the  child- 
ren who  should  store  their  minds  with  these  precious 
Gems,  this  book  is  afiectionately  inscribed. 

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BIBLE  GEMS. 


I   KNOW  THAT   MY  REDEEMER   LIVETH, 


GEM  I. 

They  that  be  wise  shall  shine  as  the  brightness 

of  the  firmament; 
And  they  that  turn  many  to  righteousness,  as 

the  stars  forever  and  ever. 

— Daniel  xii^  3. 


GEM  II. 
THE  TEN  COMMANDMENTS. 

EXODUS    XX. 

And  God  spake  all  these  words,  saying: 

2  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  have  brought 
thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the 
house  of  bondage. 

3  Thou  shalt  have  no  other  gods  before  me. 

4  Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee  any  graven 
image,  or  any  likeness  of  anything  that  is  in 


THE   TEN   COMMANDMENTS. 


heaven  above,  or  tliat  is  in  the  earth  beneath, 

5  or  that  is  in  the  water  under  the  earth :  Thou 
shalt  not  bow  down  thyself  to  them,  nor  serve 
them:  for  I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous 
God,  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon 
the  children  unto  the  third  and  fourth  gene- 

6  ration  of  them  that  hate  me :  And  shewing 
mercy  unto  thousands  of  them  that  love  me, 
and  keep  my  commandments. 

7  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord 
thy  God  in  vain:  for  the  Lord  will  not  hold 
him  guiltless  that  taketh  his  name  in  vain. 

8  Remember  the  sabbath  day,  to  keep  it  holy. 

9  Six  days  shalt  thou  labour,  and  do  all  thy 

10  work:  But  the  seventh  day  is  the  sabbath  of 
the  Lord  thy  God :  in  it  thou  shalt  not  do  any 
work,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter, 
thy  manservant,  nor  thy  maidservant,  nor 
thy  cattle,  nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within  thy 

1 1  gates :  For  in  six  days  the  Lord  made  heaven 
and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and 
rested  the  seventh  day:  wherefore  the  Lord 
blessed  the  sabbath  day,  and  hallowed  it. 

12  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother:  that 
thy  days  may  be  long  upon  the  land  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

13  Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 


THE   TEX    COMMANDMENTS. 


15  Thou  slialt  not  steal. 

16  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness  against 
thy  neighbour. 

1 7  Thou,  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  house, 
thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  wife, 
nor  his  manservant,  nor  his  maidservant,  nor 
his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor  an}i:hing  that  is  thy 
neighbour's. 

18  And  all  the  people  sa^v  the  thunderings, 
and  the  lightnings,  and  the  noise  of  the 
trumpet,  and  the  mountain  smoking:  and 
when  the  people  saw  it,  they  removed,  and 

19  stood  afar  oft.  And  they  said  unto  Moses, 
Speak  thou  ^vitli  us,  and  we  will  hear:  but 

20  let  not  God  speak  with  us,  lest  we  die.  And 
Moses  said  unto  the  people.  Fear  not:  for  God 
is  come  to  prove  you,  and  that  his  fear  may 

21  be  before  your  faces,  that  ye  sin  not.  And  the 
people  stood  afar  oft',  and  Moses  drew  near 
unto  the  thick  darkness  where  God  was. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Thus  thou 
shalt  say  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  Ye  have 
seen  that  I  have  talked  with  you  fi'om  heaven. 

23  Ye  shall  not  make  with  me  gods  of  silver, 
neither  shall  ye  make  unto  you  gods  of  gold. 

24  An  altar  of  earth  thou  shalt  make  imto  me, 
and  shalt  sacrifice  thereon  'thy  burnt  off'er- 
ings,  and  thy  peace  offerings,  thy  sheep,  and 


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thine  oxen:  in  all  places  where  I  record  my 
name  I  will  come  unto  thee,  and  I  will  bless 

25  thee.  And  if  thou  wilt  make  me  an  altar  of 
stone,  thou  shalt  not  build  it  of  hewn  stone: 
for  if  thou  lift  up  thy  tool  upon  it,  thou  hast 

26  polluted  it.  Neither  shalt  thou  go  up  by  steps 
unto  mine  altar,  that  thy  nakedness  be  not 
discovered  thereon. 


GEM  III. 

He  that  turneth  away  his  ear  from  hearing 
the  law,  even  his  prayers  shall  be  abomination. 
— Pfoverhs  xxviii^  9. 

GEM  IV. 
THE  Sl^EMON  ON  THE  MOUNT. 

:tATTHEW  V,  VI,  VII. 

5     And  seeing  the  multitudes,  he  went  up  into 
the   mountain:  and  when  he  had  sat  doA^m, 

2  his  disciples  came  unto  him:    and  he  opened 
his  mouth  and  taught  them,  saying, 

3  Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit:  for  theirs  is 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

4  Blessed  are  they  that  mourn :  for  they  shall 
be  comforted. 

5  Blessed  are  the  meek:   for  they  shall  in- 
herit the  earth. 

6  Blessed  are  they  that  hunger  and  thirst 


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after  righteousness:  for  they  shall  be  filled. 

7  Blessed  are  the  merciful:    for  they  shall 
obtain  mercy. 

8  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart:    for  they 
shall  see  God. 

9  Blessed   are   the  peacemakers:    for   they 
shall  be  called  sons  of  God. 

10  Blessed  are  they  that  have  been  perse- 
cuted for  righteousness^  sake:  for  theirs  is 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

1 1  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  reproach 
you,  and  persecute  you,  and  say  all  manner 
of  evil  against  you  falsely,  for  my  sake. 

12  Rejoice,  and  be  exceeding  glad:  for  great 
is  your  reward  in  heaven:  for  so  persecuted 
they  the  prophets  which  were  before  you. 

13  Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth:  but  if  the  salt 
have  lost  its  savour,  wherewith  shall  it  be 
salted?  it  is  thenceforth  good  for  nothing, 
but  to  be  cast  out  and  trodden   under  foot 

14  of  men.     Ye  are  the  light  of  the  world.     A 

15  city  set  on  a  hill  cannot  be  hid.  Neither  do 
men  light  a  lamp,  and  put  it  under  a  bushel, 
but  on  the  stand;  and  it  shineth  unto  all  that 

16  are  in  the  house.  Even  so  let  your  light 
shine  before  men,  that  they  may  see  your 
good  works,  and  glorify  your  Father  which 
is  in  heaven . 


6  THE   SERMON   OX   THE   MOUNT. 

17  Think  not  that  I  came  to  destroy  the  law 
or  the  prophets :  I  came  not  to  destroy  but  to 

18  fulfil.  For  verily  I  say  unto  you,  Till  heaven 
and  earth  pass  away,  one  jot  or  tittle  shall  in 
no  wise  pass  away  from  the  law,  till  all  things 

19  be  accomplished.  Whosoever  therefore  shall 
break  one  of  these  least  commandments,  and 
shall  teach  men  so,  shall  be  called  least  in 
the  kingdom  of  heaven:  but  whosoever  shall 
do  and  teach  them,  he  shall  be  called  great 

20  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  For  I  say  unto 
you.  That  except  your  righteousness  shall 
exceed  the  righteousness  of  the  scril)es  and 
Pharisees,  ye  shall  in  no  wise  enter  the  kino^- 
dom  of  heaven. 

21  Ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said  to  them  of 
old  time.  Thou  shalt  not  kill :  and  whosoever 
shall  kill  shall  be  in  danger  of    the  judge- 

22  ment:  but  I  say  unto  you.  That  every  one 
Avho  is  angry  with  his  brother  shall  be  in 
danger  of  the  judgement;  and  whosoever 
shall  say  to  his  brother,  Raca,  shall  be  in 
danger  of  the  council;  and  whosoever  shall 
say,  Thou  fool,  shall  be  in  danger  of  the  hell 

23  of  fire.  If  therefore  thou  art  offering  thy  gift 
at  the  altar,  and  there  rememberest  that  thy 

24  brother  hath  aught  against  thee,  leave  there 
thy  gift   before  the  altar,  and  go  thy  way. 


THE   SERMON   ON   THE   MOUNT. 


first  be  reconciled  to  thy  brother,and  then  come 
2  5  and  offer  thy  gift.  Agree  with  thine  adversary 
quickly,  whiles  thou  art  with  him  in  the  way; 
lest  haply  the  ^adversary  deliver  thee  to  the 
judge,  and  the  judge  deliver  thee  to  the  officer, 

26  and  thou  be  cast  into  prison.  Verily  I  say 
unto  thee.  Thou  shalt  by  no  means  come  out 
thence,  till  thou  have  paid  the  last  farthing. 

27  Ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said,  Thou  shalt 
29  not  commit  adultery:  but  I  say  unto  you,  that 

every  one  that  looketh  on  a  woman  to   lust 
after  her   hath  committed  adultery  w^ith  her 

29  already  in  his  heart.  And  if  thy  right  eye 
causeth  thee  to  stumble,  pluck  it  out,  and  cast 
it  from  thee :  for  it  is  profitable  for  thee  that 
one  of  thy  members  should  perish,  and  not 

30  thy  whole  body  be  cast  into  hell.  And  if  thy 
right  hand  causeth  thee  to  stumble,  cut  itoftV 
and  cast  it  from  thee:  for  it  is  profitable  for 
thee  that  one  of  thy  members  should  perish, 

31  and  not  thy  whole  body  go  into  hell .  It  was 
said  also.  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife, 
let  him  give  her  a  writing  of  divorcement: 

32  but  I  say  unto  you  that  every  one  that  put- 
teth  away  his  wife,  saving  for  the  cause  of 
fornication,  maketh  her  an  adulteress:  and 
whosoever  shall  marry  her  when  she  is  put 
away  committeth  adultery. 


8  THE  SERMON   ON  THE   MOUNT. 

33  Again,  ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said  to 
them  of  old  time,  Thou  shalt  not  forswear 
thyself,  but  shalt  perform  unto  the  Lord  thine 

34  oaths:  but  I  say  unto  you,  Swear  not  at 
all;    neither   by  the  heaven,  for  it  is  the 

35  throne  of  God;  nor  by  the  earth,  for  it  is  the 
footetool  of  his  feet;  nor  by  Jerusalem,  for  it 

36  is  the  city  of  the  great  King.  Neither  shalt 
thou  swear  by  thy  head,  for  thou  canst  not 

37  make  one  hair  white  or  black.  But  let  your 
speech  be.  Yea,  yea;  Nay,  nay:  and  what- 
soever is  more  than  these  is  of  the  evil  one. 

38  Ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said.  An  eye  for 

39  an  eye,  and  a  tooth  for  a  tooth:  but  I  say 
unto  you.  Resist  not  him  that  is  evil :  but 
whosoever  smiteth  thee  on  thy  right  cheek, 

40  turn  to  him  the  other  also.  And  if  any  man 
would   go  to  law  with  thee,  and  take  away 

41  thy  coat,  let  him  have  thy  cloke  also.  And 
whosoever  shall   compel  thee  to  go  one  mile, 

42  go  with  him  twain.  Give  to  him  that  asketh 
thee,  and  from  him  that  would  borrow  of 
thee  turn  not  thou  away. 

43  Ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said.  Thou  shalt 
love  thy  neighbour,  and  hate  thine  enemy: 

44  but  I  say  unto  you.  Love  your  enemies,  and 

45  pray  for  them  that  persecute  you;  that  ye 
may  be  sons  of   your   Father  which   is   in 


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THE   SERMON  ON  THE   MOUNT.  9 

heaven :  for  lie  maketh  his  sun  to  rise  on  the 
evil  and   the  good,  and   sendeth  rain  on  the 

46  just  and  the  unjust.  For  if  ye  love  them 
that  love  you,  what  reward  have  ye?  do  not 

47  even  the  publicans  the  same?  And  if  ye 
salute  your  brethern  only,  what  do  ye  more 
than  others?    do  not  even  the  Gentiles   the 

48  same?  Ye  therefore  shall  be  perfect,  as 
your  heavenly  Father  is  perfect. 

6  Take  heed  that  ye  do  not  your  right- 
eousness before  men,  to  be  seen  of  them:  else 
ye  have  no  reward  with  your  Father  which 
is  in  heaven. 

2  When  therefore  thou  doest  alms,  sound  not 
a  trumpet  before  thee,  as  the  hypocrites  do  in 
the  sjniagogues  and  in  the  streets,  that  they 
may  have  glory  of  men.     Verily  I  say  unto 

3  you.  They  have  received  their  reward.  But 
when  thou  doest  alms,  let  not  thy  left  hand 

4  know  what  thy  right  hand  doeth:  that  thine 
alms  may  be  in  secret:  and  thy  Father  which 
seeth  in  secret  shall  recompense  thee. 

5  And  when  ye  pray,  ye  shall  not  be  as  the 
hypocrites:  for  they  love  to  stand  and  pray 
in  the  synagogues  and  in  the  corners  of  the 
streets,  that  they  may  be  seen  of  men.  Ver- 
ily I  say  unto  you.  They  have  received  their 

6  reward.     But  thou,  when  thou  prayest,  enter 


10  THE  SERMON  ON  THE   MOUNT. 

into  thine  inner  cliamber,  and  having  shut 
thy  door,  pray  to  thy  Father  which  is  in  se- 
cret, and   thy  Father  which  seeth   in    secret 

7  shall  recompense  thee.  And  in  praying  use 
not  vain  repetitions,  as  the  Gentiles  do :  for 
they  think  that  they  shall  be  heard  for  their 

8  much  speaking.  Be  not  therefore  like  unto 
them :  for  your  Father  knoweth  what  things  ye 

9  have  need  of,  before  ye  ask  him.  After  this 
manner  therefore  pray  ye:  Our  Father  which 

10  art  in  heaven,  Hallowed  be  thy  name.  Thy 
kingdom   come.     Thy   will   be  done,  as  in 

11  heaven,  so  on  earth.     Give  us  this  day  our 

12  daily  bread.     And  forgive  us  our  debts,  as 

13  we  also  have  forgiven  our  debtors.  And 
bring  us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  us 

14  from  the  evil  one.  For  if  ye  forgive  men 
their  trespasses,  your  heavenly  Father   will 

15  also  forgive  you.  But  if  ye  forgive  not  men 
their  trespasses,  neither  will  your  Father 
forgive  your  trespasses. 

16  Moreover  when  ye  fast,  be  not,  as  the  hyp- 
ocrites, of  a  sad  countenance:  for  they  disfig- 
ure their  faces,  that  they  may  be  seen  of  men 
to  fast.     Verily  I  say  imto  you.  They  have 

17  received  their  reward.  But  thou,  when  thou 
fastest,  anoint  thy  head,  and  wash  thy  face ; 

18  that  thou  be  not  seen  of  men  to  fast,  but  of 


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thy  Father  which  is  in  secret:  and  thy  Father, 
which  seeth  in  secret,  shall  recompense  thee. 

19  Lay  not  up  for  yourselves  treasures  upon 
the  earth,  where  moth  and  rust  doth  consume, 
and  where  thieves  break  through  and  steal, 

20  but  lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures  in  heaven, 
^vhere  neither  moth  nor  rust  doth  consume, 
and  where  thieves  do  not  l)reak  through  nor 

21  steal:   for  where   thy  treasure  is,  there  will 

22  thy  heart  be  also.  The  lamp  of  the  body  is 
the  eye :  if  therefore  thine  eye  be  single,  thy 

23  whole  body  shall  be  full  of  light.  But  if 
thine  eye  be  evil,  thy  w^hole  body  shall  be 
full  of  darkness.  If  therefore  the  light  that 
is  in  thee  be  darkness,  how  great  is  the  dark- 

24  ness!  No  man  can  serve  two  masters:  for 
either  he  will  hate  the  one,  and  love  the  other ; 
or  else  he  will  hold  to  one,  and  despise  the 
other.     Ye  cannot  serve  God  and  mammon. 

25  Therefore  I  say  unto  you.  Be  not  anxious  for 
your  life,  what  ye  shall  eat,  or  what  ye  shall 
drink ;  nor  yet  for  your  body,  w^hat  ye  shall 
put  on.     Is  not  the  life  more  than  the  food, 

26  and  the  body  than  the  raiment?  Behold  the 
birds  of  the  heaven,  that  they  sow  not,  neither 
do  they  reap,  nor  gather  into  barns;  and  your 
heavenly  Father  feedeth  them.     Are  not  ye 

27  of  much  more  value  than  they?    And  which 


12  THE   SERMON   ON   THE   MOUNT. 

of  you  by  being  anxious  can  add  one  cubit 

28  unto  his  stature?  And  why  are  ye  anxious 
concerning  raiment?  Consider  the  lilies  of 
the  field,  how   they  grow;    they   toil   not, 

29  neither  do  they  spin:  yet  I  say  unto  you, 
that  even  Solomon  in  all  his  glory  was  not 

30  arrayed  like  one  of  these.  But  if  God  doth 
so  clothe  the  grass  of  the  field,  which  to-day 
is,  and  to-morrow  is  cast  into  the  oven,  shall 
he  not  much  more  clothe  you,  O  ye  of  little 

31  faith?  Be  not  therefore  anxious,  saying, 
What  shall  we  eat  ?  or.  What  shall  we  drink  ? 

32  or.  Wherewithal  shall  we  be  clothed?  For 
after  all  these  things  do  the  Gentiles  seek; 
for   your  heavenly  Father   knoweth  that  ye 

33  have  need  of  all  these  things.  But  seek  ye 
first  his  kingdom,  and  his  righteousness ;  and 

34  all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you.  Be 
not  therefore  anxious  for  the  morrow:  for  the 
morrow  will  be  anxious  for  itself.  Sufficient 
unto  the  day  is  the  evil  thereof. 

7  Judge  not,  that  ye  be  not  judged.  For 
with  what  judgement  ye  judge,  ye  shall  be 
judged:  and  with  what  measure  ye  mete,  it 

3  shall  be  measured  unto  you.  And  why  be- 
holdest  thou  the  mote  that  i^  in  thy  brother's 
eye,  but  considerest  not  the  beam  that  is  in 

4  thine  own  eye  ?     Or  how  wilt  thou  say  to  thy 


THE   SERMON   ON   THE   MOUNT.  13 

brother,  Let  me   cast  out   the   mote   out  of 
thine  eye ;  and  lo,  the  beam  is  in  thine  own 

5  eye  ?  Thou  hypocrite,  cast  out  first  the  beam 
out  of  thine  own  eye;  and  then  shalt  thou 
see  clearly  to  cast  out  the  mote  out  of  thy 
brother's  eye. 

6  Give  not  that  which  is  holy  unto  the  dogs, 
neither  cast  your  pearls  before  the  swine,  lest 
haply  they  trample  them  under  their  feet, 
and  turn  and  rend  you. 

7  Ask,  and  it  shall  be  given  you ;  seek,  and 
ye  shall  find ;  knock,  and  it  shall  be  opened 

8  unto  you:  for  every  one  that  asketh  receiv- 
eth ;  and  he  that  seeketh  findeth ;  and  to  him 

9  that  knocketh  it  shall  be  opened.  Or  what 
man  is  there  of  you,  who,  if  his  son  shall  ask 

10  him  for  a  loaf,  will  give  him  a  stone;  or  if 
he  shall  ask  for  a  fish,  will  give  him  a  ser- 

11  pent?  If  ye  then,  being  evil,  know  how  to 
give  good  gifts  unto  your  children,  how  much 
more  shall  your  Father  w^hich  is  in  heaven 

12  give  good  things  to  them  that  ask  him?  All 
things  therefore  whatsoever  ye  would  that 
men  should  do  unto  you,  even  so  do  ye  also 
unto  them:  for  this  is  the  law  and  the  prophets. 

13  Enter  ye  in  by  the  narrow  gate:  for  wdde 
is  the  gate,  and  broad  is  the  way,  that  lead- 
eth   to  destruction,  and  many  be  they  that 


14  THE   SERMON   ON   THE   MOUNT. 

14  enter  in  thereby.  For  narrow  is  the  gate, 
and  straitened   the   way,  that   leadeth    unto 

*  life,  and  few  be  they  that  find  it. 

15  Beware  of  false  prophets,  which  come  to 
you  in  sheep's  clothing,  but  inwardly  are  ra- 

16  vening  wolves.  By  their  fruits  ye  shall  know 
them.     Do  men  gather  grapes  of  thorns,  or 

17  figs  of  thistles?  Even  so  every  good  tree 
bringeth  forth  good  fruit;    but  the  corrupt 

18  tree  bringeth  forth  evil  fruit.  A  good  tree 
cannot   bring  forth  evil  fruit,  neither  can    a 

19  corrupt  tree  bring  forth  good  fruit.  Every 
tree  that  bringeth  not  forth  good  fruit  is  hewn 

20  down,  and  cast  into  the  fire.     Therefore  by 

21  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them.  Not  every 
one  that  saith  unto  me.  Lord,  Lord,  shall 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven ;  but  he 
that  doeth  the  will  of  my  Father  which  is  in 

22  heaven.  Many  will  say  to  me  in  that  day, 
Lord,  Lord,  did  we  not  prophesy  by  thy  name, 
and  by  thy  name  cast  out  devils,  and  by  thy 

23  name  do  many  mighty  works?  And  then 
will  I  profess  unto  them,  I  never  knew  you, 
depart  from   me,   ye    that    work    iniquity. 

24  Every  one  therefore  which  heareth  these 
words  of  mine,  and  doeth  them,  shall  be 
likened   unto   a  wise   man,  which  built   his 

25  house  upon  the  rock :  and  the  rain  descended : 


THE   BLESSING   AND   THE   CURSE.  15 

and  the  floods  came,  and  the  winds  blew,  and 
beat  upon  that  house;  and  it  fell  not:  for  it 

26  was  founded  upon  the  rock.  And  eveiy  one 
that  heareth  these  words  of  mine,  and  doeth 
them  not,  shall  be  likened  unto  a  foolish 
man,  which  built  his  house  upon  the  sand : 

27  and  the  rain  descended,  and  the  floods  came, 
and  the  winds  l)lew,  and  smote  upon  that 
house;  and  it  fell:  and  great  was  the  fall 
thereof. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus  ended 
these  words,  the  multitudes  were  astonished 

29  at  his  teachins;:  for  he  tauo-ht  them  as  one 
haWng  authority,  and  not  as  their  scribes. 


GEM  V. 

And  unto  man  he  said,  Behokl, 

The  fear  of  the  Lord,  that  is  wisdom; 

And  to  depart  from  evil  is  understanding. 

,  — Job  xxviii,  28. 

GEM  VI. 
THE  BLESSING  AND  THE  OUKSE. 

LEVITICUS  XXVI. 

Ye  shall  make  you  no  idols  nor  graven 
image,  neither  rear  you  up  a  standing  miage, 
neither  shall  ye  set  up  any  image  of  stone  in 
your  land,  to  bow  dowai  unto  it:  for  I  am  the 
Lord  your  God. 


THE   BLESSING  AND  THE   CURSE. 


2       Ye  shall  keep  my  sabbaths,  and  reverence 

my  sanctuary:  I  am  the  Lord. 
8       If  ye  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep  my 

4  commandments,  and  do  them:  Then  I  will 
give  you  rain  in  due  season,  and  the  land 
shall  yield  her  increase,  and  the  trees  of  the 

5  field  shall  yield  their  fruit.  And  your  thresh- 
ing shall  reach  unto  the  vintage,  and  the  vin- 
tage shall  reach  unto  the  sowing  time :  and  ye 
shall  eat  your  bread  to  the  full,  and  dwell  in 

6  your  land  safely.  And  I  will  give  peace  in 
the  land,  and  ye  shall  lie  down,  and  none 
shall  make  you  afraid:  and  I  will  rid  evil 
beasts  out  of  the  land,  neither  shall  the  sword 

7  go  through  your  land.  And  ye  shall  chase 
your  enenaies,  and  they  shall  fall  before  you 

8  by  the  sword.  And  five  of  you  shall  chase 
a  hundred,  and  a  hundred  of  you  shall  put 
ten  thousand  to  flight:  and  your  enemies  shall 

9  fall  before  you  by  the  sword.  For  I  will  have 
respect  unto  you,  and  make  you  fruitful,  and 
multiply  you,  and  establish  my  covenent  with 

10  you.     And  ye  shall  eat  old  store,  and  bring 

11  forth  the  old  because  of  the  new.     And  I 
will  set  my  tabernacle  among  you:   and  my 

12  soul  shall  not  abhor  you.     And  I  will  walk 
among  you,  and  will  be  your  God,  and  ye 

13  shall  be  my  people,     I  am  the  Lord  your 


I THE   BLESSING   AND   THE   CURSE.  17 

'  God,  which  brought  you  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  that  ye  should  not  be  their 

/  bondmen ;  and  I  have  broken  the  bands  of 
your  yoke,  and  made  you  go  upright. 

14       But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  me,  and 

]  5  will  not  do  all  these  commandments ;  and  if 
ye  shall  despise  my  statutes,  or  if  your  soul 
abhor  my  judgements,  so  that  ye  will  not  do 
all  my  commandments,  but  that  ye  break  my 

16  covenant:  I  also  will  do  this  unto  you;  I  will 
even  appoint  over  you  terror,  consumption,, 
and  the  burning  ague,  that  shall  consume  the 
eyes,  and  cause  sorrow  of  heart;  and  ye  shall 
sow  your  seed  in  vain,  for  your  enemies  shall 

1 7  eat  it.  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  you^ 
and  ye  shall  be  slain  before  your  enemies: 
they  that  hate  you  shall  reign  over  you;  and 

18  ye  shall  flee  when  none  pm*sueth  you.  And 
if  ye  will  not  yet  for  all  this  hearken  unto 
me,  then  I  will  punish  you  seven  times  more 

19  for  your  sins.  And  I  will  break  the  pride 
of  your  power;  and  I  will  make  your  heaven 

20  as  u'on,  and  your  earth  as  brass:  and  your 
strength  shall  be  spent  in  vain:  for  your 
land  shall  not  yield  her  increase,  neither 
shall  the  trees  of  the  land  yield  their  fruits. 

21  And  if  ye  walk  contrary  unto  me,  and  will 
not  hearken  imto  me;  I  will  bring  seven  time^ 


18  THE   BLESSING   AND   THE    CURSE. 

more  plagues  upon  you  according  to  yoi:r 

22  sins.  I  will  also  send  wild  beasts  among 
you,  whicli  shall  rob  you  of  your  childrei:, 
and  destroy  your  cattle,  and  make  you  few 
in  number ;  and  your  highways  shall  be  deso- 

23  late.  And  if  ye  will  not  be  reformed  by  me 
by  these  things,  but  will  walk  contrary  unto 

24  me;  Then  will  I  also  walk  contrary  unto  you, 
and  will  punish  you  yet  seven  times  for  your 

25  sins.  And  I  will  l3ring  a  sword  upon  you, 
that  shall  avenge  the  quarrel  of  my  cove- 
nant: and  when  ye  are  gathered  together 
within  your  cities,  I  will  send  the  pestilence 
among  you;    and  ye  shall  be  delivered  into 

26  the  hand  of  the  enemy.  And  ^vhen  I  have 
broken  the  staff  of  your  bread,  ten  women 
shall  bake  your  bread  in  one  oven,  and  they 
shall  deliver  you  your  bread  again  by  weight : 

27  and  ye  shall  eat  and  not  be  satisfied.  And 
if  ye  will  not  for  all  this  hearken  unto  me, 

28  but  walk  contrary  unto  me ;  Then  I  will  walk 
contrary  unto  you  also  in  fury;  and  I,  even 
I,  will  chastise  you  seven  times  for  your  sins. 

29  And  ye  shall  eat  the  flesh  of  your  sons,  and 
the  flesh  of   your  daughters  shall   ye   eat. 

30  And  I  will  destroy  your  high  places,  and  cut 
down  your  images,  and  cast  your  carcasses 
upon  the  carcasses  of  your  idols,  and  my  soul 


THE    BLESSING   AND   THE   CURSE.  19 

31  shall  abhor  you.  And  I  will  make  your 
cities  waste,  and  l)ring  your  sanctuaries  unto 
desolation,  and  I  will  not  smell  the  savour 

82  of  your  sweet  odours.  And  I  will  bring  the 
land  into  desolation :  and  your  enemies  which 

')8  dwell  therein  shall  be  astonished  at  it.  And 
I  AN  ill  scatter  you  among  the  heathen,  and 
will  cb*aw  out  a  sword  after  you:  and  yoiu' 
land  shall  be  desolate,  and  your  cities  w^aste. 

34  Then  shall  the  land  enjoy  her  sabbaths,  as 
long  as  it  lieth  desolate,  and  ye  be  in  your 
enemies'  land;  even  then  shall  the  land  rest, 

35  and  enjoy  her  sabl>aths.  As  long  as  it  lieth 
desolate  it  shall  rest,  because  it  did  not  rest 
in   your   sabbaths,  when   ye   dwelt  upon  it. 

36  And  uj3on  them  that  are  left  alive  of  you  I 
will  send  a  faintness  into  their  hearts  in  the 
lands  of  their  enemies;  and  the  sound  of  a 
shaken  leaf  shall  chase  them;  and  they  shall 
flee,  as  fleeing  from  a  sword ;    and  they  shall 

37  fall  when  none  pursueth.  And  they  shall 
fall  one  u23on  another,  as  it  were  before  a 
sword,  when  none  pursueth:  and  ye  shall 
have  no  power  to  stand  before  your  enemies. 

38  And  ye  shall  perish  among  the  heathen,  and 
the  land  of  your  enemies  shall  eat  you  up. 

39  And  they  that  are  left  of  you  shall  pine  away 
in  their  iniquity  in  your  enemies'  lands;  and 


20  THE   BLESSING   AND  THE   CURSE. 

also  in  tlie  iniquities  of   their  fathers  shall 

40  they  pine  away  with  them.  If  they  shall 
confess  their  iniquity,  and  the  iniquity  of  their 
fathers,  with  their  trespass  which  they  tres- 
passed against  me,  and  that  also  they  have 

41  walked  contrary  unto  me.;  and  that  I  also 
have  w^alked  contrary  unto  them,  and  have 
brought  them  into  the  land  of  their  enemies ; 
if  then  their  uncircumcised  hearts  be  hum- 
bled, and  they  then  accept  of  the  punishment 

42  of  their  iniquity:  then  will  I  remember  my 
covenant  with  Jacob,  and  also  my  covenant 
with  Isaac,  and  also  my  covenant  with  Abra- 
ham will  I  remember;  and  I  will  remember 

43  the  land.  The  land  also  shall  be  left  of 
them,  and  shall  enjoy  her  sabbaths,  while 
she  lieth  desolate  without  them:  and  they 
shall  accept  of  the  punishment  of  their  in- 
iquity; because,  even  because  they  despised 
my  judgements,  and  because  their  soul  ab- 

44  horred  my  statutes.  And  yet  for  all  that, 
when  they  be  in  the  land  of  their  enemies,  I 
will  not  cast  them  away,  neither  will  I 
abhor  them,  to  destroy  them  utterly,  and  to 
break  my  covenant  with  them:  for  I  am  the 

45  Lord  their  God.  But  I  will  for  their  sakes 
remember  the  covenant  of  their  ancestors, 
whom  I   brought   forth  out  of  the  land  of 


THEREFORE  BE  YE  ALSO  READY.         21 

Egypt  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen,  that  I 
might  be  their  god:  I  am  the  Lord. 
46  These  are  the  statutes  and  judgements  and 
laws,  which  the  Lord  made  between  him  and 
the  children  of  Israel  in  mount  Sinai  by  the 
hand  of  Moses. 


GEM  VIL 

Jesus  said  unto  her,  I  am  the  resurrection, 
and  the  life:  he  that  l>elieveth  on  me,  though  he 
die,  yet  shall  he  live:  and  whosoever  livetli  and 
believeth  on  me  shall  never  die. — John  xij  25-26. 


GEM  VIIL 
"  THEKEFOKE  BE  YE  ALSO  EEADY. " 

MATTHEW    XXIV. 

37  And  as  were  the  days  of  Noah,  so  shall  be 

38  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  man.  For  as  in 
those  days  which  were  before  the  flood  they 
were  eating  and  drinking,  marrying  and  giv- 
ing in  maiTiage,  until  the  day  that  Noah  en- 

39  tered  into  the  ark,  and  they  knew  not  until 
the  flood  came,  and  took  them  all  away ;  so 
shall   be   the  coming   of  the  Son  of  man. 

40  Then  shall  two  men  be  in  the  field ;  one  is 

41  taken,  and  one  is  left:  two  women  shall  be 
grinding  at  the  mill;  one  is  taken,  and  one 


22  THEREFORE   BE   YE  ALSO    READY. 

42  is  left.     Watcli  therefore:  for  ye  know  not 

43  on  wliat  day  your  Lord  conieth.  But  know 
this,  that  if  the  master  of  the  house  had 
known  in  what  watch  the  thief  was  coming, 
he  would  have  watched,  and  would  not  have 
suffered  his  house  to   be   broken   through. 

44  Therefore  be  ye  also  ready:  for  in  an  hour 
that  ye  think  not  the  Son  of  man  cometh. 

45  Who  then  is  the  faithful  and  wise  servant, 
whom  his  lord  hath  set  over  his  household, 
to   give   them   their   food   in   due    season? 

46  Blessed  is  that  servant,  whom  his  lord  when 

47  he  cometh  shall  find  so  doing.  Verily  I  say 
unto  you,  that  he  will  set  him  over  all  that 

48  he  hath.     But  if  that  evil  servant  shall  say 

49  in  his  heart.  My  lord  tarrieth;  and  shall  be- 
gin to  beat  his  fellow-servants,  and  shall  eat 

50  and  drink  with  the  drunken ;  the  lord  of  that 
servant  shall  come  in  a  day  when  he  expect- 

51  eth  not,  and  in  an  hour  when  he  knoweth 
not,  and  shall  cut  him  asunder,  and  appoint 
his  portion  with  the  hypocrites:  there  shall 
be  the  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 


GEM  IX, 


And  I  heard  a  voice   from   heaven  saying. 
Write,  Blessed  are  the  dead,  which  die  in  the 


THE  RIGHTEOUS  AND  THE  WICKED.       23 

Lord  from  henceforth :  yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that 
they  may  rest  from  their  labours ;  for  their  works 
follow  with  them. — Revelations  xh\  13. 


GEM  X. 
THE  EIGHTEOUS  AND  THE  WICKED. 

PSALM    I. 

1  Blessed  is  the  man  that  walketh  not  in  the  counsel 

of  the  ungodly, 
Nor  standeth  in  the  way  of  sinners, 
Nor  sitteth  in  the  seat  of  the  scornful. 

2  But  his  delight  is  in  the  law  of  the  Lord; 
And  in  his  law  doth  he  meditate  day  and  night. 

3  And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the  rivers 

of  water, 
That  bringeth  forth  his  fruit  in  his  season; 
His  leaf  also  shall  not  wither; 
And  whatsoever  lie  doeth  shall  prosper. 

4  The  ungodly  are  not  so: 

But  are  like  the  chaff  which  the  wind  driveth  away. 

5  Therefore  the  ungodly  shall  not  stand  in  the 

judgement, 
Nor  sinners  in  the  congregation  of  the  righteo 

6  For  the  Lord  knoweth  the  way  of  the  righteous: 
But  the  way  of  the  ungodly  shall  perish. 


GEM  XI. 


Seest  thou  a  man  diligent  in  his  business  ?  he 
shall  stand  before  kings. — Proverhs  xxii,  29. 


24  SELF   DENIAX. 


GEM  XII. 
SELF  DENIAL. 

LUKE    IX. 

23  And  he  said  unto  all,  If  any  man  would 
come  after  me,  let  Mm  deny  himself,  and 

24  take  up  his  cross  daily,  and  follow  me.  For 
whosoever  would  sate  his  life  shall  lose  it; 
but  whosoever  shall  lose  his  life  for  my  sake, 

25  the  same  shall  save  it.  For  what  is  a  man 
profited,  if  he  gain  the  whole  world,  and  lose 

26  or  forfeit  his  own  self?  For  whosoever  shall 
be  ashamed  of  me  and  of  my  words,  of  him 
shall  the  Son  of  man  be  ashamed,  when  he 
cometh  in  his  own  glory,  and  the  glory  of 

27  the  Father,  and  of  the  holy  angels.  But  I 
tell  you  of  a  truth.  There  be  some  of  them 
that  stand  here,  which  shall  in  no  wise  taste 
of  death,  till  they  see  the  kingdom  of  God. 


GEM  XIII. 

Favour  is  deceitful,  and  beauty  is  vain;  but  a 
woman  that  feareth  the  Lord,  she  shall  be 
praised. — Proverhs  xccxi^  30. 


THE   LORD   IS   MY   SHEPHERD.      25 

GEM  XIV. 
THE  LORD  IS  MY  SHEPHERD. 

PSALM    XXIII. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

1  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd; 
I  shall  not  want. 

2  He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  green  pastures: 
He  leadeth  me  beside  the  still  waters. 

3  He  restoreth  my  soul: 

He  leadeth  me  in  the  paths  of  righteousness  for  his 
name's  sake. 

4  Yea,  though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of  the 

shadow  of  death, 
I  will  fear  no  evil: 
For  thou  art  with  me; 
Thy  rod  and  thy  staff  they  comfort  me. 

5  Thou  preparest  a  table  before  me  in  the  presence 

of  mine  enemies; 
Thou  anointest  my  head  with  oil; 
My  cup  runneth  over. 

6  Surely  goodness  and  mercy  shall  follow  me  all 

the  days  of  my  life: 
And  I  will  dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  for- 
ever. 


GEM  XV. 

Come  unto  me  all  ye  that  labour  and  are  heavy- 
laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest.  Take  my  yoke 
upon  you,  and  learn  of  me:  for  I  am  meek  and 


26.  THE  GOOD   SAMARITAN.       

lowly  in  heart:  and  ye  shall  find  rest  unto  your 
souls.  For  my  yoke  is  easy  and  my  burden  is 
light— MattJmo  xi,  28-30. 

GEM  XVL 
THE  GOOD  SAMABITAN. 

LUKE  X. 

25  And  behold,  a  certain  lawyer  stood  up 
and  tempted  him,  saying.  Master,  what  shall 

26  I  do  to  inherit  eternal  life?  And  he  said 
unto  him.  What  is  written  in  the  law  ?  how 

27  readest  thou  ?  And  he  answering  said.  Thou 
shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy 
heart,  and  w^ith  all  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy 
strength,  and  with  all  thy  mind;     and  thy 

28  neighbour  as  thyself.  And  he  said  unto  him, 
Thou  hast  answered  right:  this  do,  and  thou 

29  shalt  live.  But  he,  desiring  to  justify  himself, 
said  imto  Jesus,  And  who  is  my  neighbour  ? 

30  Jesus  made  answer  and  said,  A  certain  man 
was  going  down  from  Jerusalem  to  Jericho ; 
and  he  fell  among  robbers,  which  both  strip- 
ped him  and  beat  him,  and  departed,  leaving 

31  him  half  dead.  And  by  chance  a  certain 
priest  was  going  down  that  way :  and  when 
he  saw  him,  he  passed  by  on  the  other  side. 

32  And  in  like  manner  a  Levite  also,  when  he 


CONFESSION.  27 


came  to  the  place,  and  saw  him,  passed  ])y  on 

33  the  other  side.  But  a  certain  Samaritan,  as 
he  journeyed,  came  where  he  was:  and  when 
he  saw  him  he  was  moved  with  compassion, 

34  and  came  to  him,  and  bound  up  his  wounds, 
pouring  on  them  oil  and  wine ;  and  he  set  him 
on  his  own  l)east,  and  brought  him  to  an  inn, 

35  and  took  care  of  him.  And  on  the  morrow 
he  took  out  two  pence,  and  gave  them  to  the 
host,  and  said.  Take  care  of  him;  and  what- 
soever thou  spendest  more,  I,  when  I  come 

36  back  again,  ^vill  repay  thee.  Which  of  these 
three,  thinkest  thou,  proved  neighbour  unto 

^7  him  that  fell  among  the  robbers?  And  he 
said.  He  that  shewed  mercy  on  him.  And  Je- 
sus said  imto  him,  Go,  and  do  thou  likeA\dse. 


GEM  XVII. 

For  with  the  heart  man  belie veth  inito  right- 
eousness ;  and  ^vith  the  mouth  confession  is  made 
imto  salvation. — Homans  a?,  10. 


GEM  XVIII. 
CONFESSION. 

PSALM    LI. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 
1  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  according  to  thy  lov- 
ing kindness: 


28  CONFESSION. 


;  According  unto  the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mer- 
cies blot  out  my  transgressions. 

2  Wash  me   thoroughly  from  mine  iniquity,  and 

cleanse  me  from  my  sin. 

3  For  I  acknowledge  my  transgressions: 
And  my  sin  is  ever  before  me. 

4  Against  thee,  thee  only,  have  1  sinned, 
And  done  this  evil  in  thy  sight: 

That  thou  mightest  be  justified  ^hen    thou 

speakest. 
And  be  clear  when  thou  judgest. 

5  Behold,  I  was  shapen  in  iniquity; 
And  in  ein  did  my  mother  conceive  me. 

6  Behold  thou  desirest  truth  in  the^inward  parts: 
And  in  the  hidden  part  thou  shalt  make  me  to 

know  wisdom. 

7  Purge  me  with  hissop,  and  I  shall  be  clean: 
Wash  me,  and  I  shall  be  whiter  than  snow. 

8  Make  me  to  hear  joy  and  gladness; 

That  the  bones  which  thou  hast  broken  may  re- 
joice. 

9  Hide  thy  face  from  my  sins. 
And  blot  out  all  mine  iniquities. 

.0        Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  O  God; 
And  renew  a  right  spirit  within  me. 
1  Cast  me  not  away  from  thy  presence; 

And  take  not  thy  Holy  Spirit  from  me. 
.2        Restore  unto  me  the  joy  of  thy  salvation^ 

And  uphold  me  with  thy  free  Spirit. 
.3  Then  will  I  teach  transgressors  thy  ways; 
And  sinners  shall  be  converted  unto  thee. 
.4        Deliver  me  from  bloodguiltiness,  O  God,  thou 
God  of  my  salvation; 


COMFORT   FOR  THE   TROUBLED   SOUL.  29 

And  my  tongue  shall  sing  aloud  of  thy  right* 
eousness. 

15  O  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips; 

And  my  mouth  shall  shew  forth  thy  praise. 

16  For  thou  desirest  not  sacrifice;  else  would  I 

give  it: 
Thou  delightest  not  in  burnt  offerings. 

17  The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  broken  spirit: 

A  broken  and  a  contrite  heart,  O  God,  thou  wilt 
not  despise. 

18  Do  good  in  thy  good  pleasure  unto  Zion: 
Build  thou  the  walls  of  Jerusalem. 

19  Then  shalt  thou  be  pleased  with  the  sacrifices  of 

righteousness. 
With  burnt  offering  and  whole  burnt  offering: 
Then  shall  they  offer  bullocks  upon  thine  altar* 


GEM  XIX. 

Wine  is  a  mocker,  strong  drink  is  raging; 
and  whosoever  is  deceived  thereby  is  not  wise. — 
Proverhs  xx^  1. 


GEM  XX. 

COMFOKT  FOE  THE  TEOUBLED  SOUL. 

JOHN  XIV. 

Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled :  ye  believe 
in  God,  believe  also  in  me.  In  my  Father's 
house  are  many  mansions;  if  it  were  not  so, 
I  would  have  told  yon;  for  I  go  to  prepare  a 
place  for  you.     And  if  I  go  and  prepare  a- 


30      COMFORT  FOR  THE  TROUBLED  SOUL. 

-place  for  you,  I  come  again,  and  will  receive 
you  unto  myself;    that  where  I  am,  there  ye 

4  may  be  also.      And  whither  I  go,  ye  know 

5  the  way.  Thomas  saitli  unto  him.  Lord,  we 
know  not  whither  thou  goest ;  how  know  we 

6  the  way?  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  I  am  the 
way,   and  the  truth,  and  the   life:    no  one 

7  cometh  unto  the  Father,  but  by  me.  If  ye 
had  known  me,  ye  would  have  kno^vn  ni}' 
Father  also:  from  hence  forth  ye  know  him, 

8  and  have  seen  him.  Philip  saith  imto  him, 
Lord,  shew  us  the  Father,  and  it  sufficeth  us. 

9  Jesus  saith  unto  him.  Have  I  been  so  long 
time  with  you,  and  dost  thou  not  know  me, 
Philip  ?  he  that  hath  seen  me  hath  seen  the 
Father;  how  say  est  thou.  Shew  us  the  Father? 

10  Believest  thou  not  that  I  am  in  the  Father,  and 
the  Father  in  me  ?  the  words  that  I  say  imto 
you  I  speak  not  from  myself:  but  the  Father 

11  abiding  in  me  doetli  his  works.  Believe  me 
that  I  am  in  the  Father,  and  the  Father  in 
me:  or  else  believe  me  for  the  very  works' 

12  sake.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  imto  you.  He  that 
believeth  on  me,  the  works  that  I  do  shall  he 
do  also;  and  greater  works  than  these  shall 

13  he  do;  because  I  go  unto  the  Father.  And 
whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in  my  name,  that  will 
I  do,  that  the  Father  may  be  glorified  in  the 


COMFORT  FOR  THE  TROUBLED  SOUL. 31 

Son.  If  ye  shall  ask  me  any  thing  in  my 
name,  that  will  I  do.  If  ye  love  me,  ye  will 
keep  my  commandments.  And  I  will  pray 
the  Father,  and  he  shall  give  you  another 
Comforter,  that  he  may  be  with  you  for  ever, 

1 7  even  the  Spirit  of  truth :  whom  the  world 
cannot  receive;  for  it  beholdeth  him  not, 
neither  knowetli  him :    ye  know  him ;  for  he 

18  abideth  with  you,  and  shall  be  in  you.  I 
will  not  leave  you  desolate:  I  come  unto  you. 

1 9  Yet  a  little  while,  and  the  world  beholdeth 
me  no  more ;  l)ut  ye  behold  me :    because  I 

20  live,  ye  shall  live  also.  In  that  day  ye  shall 
know  that  I  am  in  my  Father,  and  ye  in  me, 

21  and  I  in  you.  He  that  hath  my  command- 
ments, and  keepeth  them,  he  it  is  that  loveth 
me :  and  he  that  loveth  me  shall  l^e  loved  of  my 
Father,  and  I  wdll  love  him,  and  will  manifest 

22  myself  unto  him.  Judas  (not  Iscariot)  saith 
unto  him.  Lord,  what  is  come  to  pass  that  thou 
wilt  manifest  thyself  unto  us,  and  not  unto 

23  the  world?  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
him.  If  a  man  love  me,  he  a\  ill  keep  my 
word:  and  my  Father  will  love  him,  and  we 
will  come  unto  him,  and  make  our  abode  with 

24  him.  He  that  loveth  mo  not  keepeth  not  my 
words:  and  the  word  which  ye  hear  is  not 
mine,  but  the  Father's  who  sent  me. 


32      COMFORT  FOR  THE  TROUBLED  SOUL. 

25  These  things  have   I   spoken  unto   you, 

26  while  yet  abiding  with  you.  But  the  Com- 
forter, even  the  Holy  Spirit,  whom  the  Father 
will  send  in  my  name,  he  shall  teach  you  all 
things,  and  bring  to  your  remembrance  all 

27  that  I  said  unto  you.  Peace  I  leave  with  you; 
my  peace  I  give  unto  you :  not  as  the  world 
giveth  give  I  unto  you.  Let  not  your  heart 
be    troubled,    neither  let    it    be     fearful. 

28  Ye  heard  how  I  said  unto  you,  I  go  away,  and 
I  come  unto  you.'  If  ye  loved  me,  ye  would 
have  rejoiced,  because  I  go  unto  the  Father: 

29  for  the  Father  is  greater  than  I.  And  now 
I  have  told  you  before  it  come  to  pass,  that 

30  when  it  is  come  to  pass,  ye  may  believe.  I 
will  no  more  speak  much  with  you,  for  the 
prince  of  the   world  cometh  and  he  hath 

31  nothing  in  me;  but  that  the  world  may  know 
that  1  love  the  Father,  and  as  the  Father 
gave  me  commandment,  even  so  I  do.  Arise, 
let  us  go  hence. 

GEM  XXI. 

If  we  confess  our  sins,  he  is  faithful  and 
righteous  to  forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to  cleanse 
us  from  all  unrighteousness.  If  we  say  that  we 
have  not  sinned,  we  make  him  a  liar,  and  his 
word  is  not  in  us. — I  John  i.,  9-10. 


TRUSTING   GOD.  33 


GEM  XXII. 
TEUSTING  GOD. 

PSALM    LXXXIV. 

1  How  amiable  are  thy  tabernacles,  O  Lord  of  hosts! 

2  My  soul  longeth,  yea,  even  fainteth  for  the  courts 

of  the  Lord: 
My  heart  and  my  flesh  crieth  out  for  the  living 
God. 

3  Tea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  a  house. 

And  the  swallow  a  nest  for  herself,  where  she  may 

lay  her  young, 
Even  thine  altars,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  my  King,  and 

my  God. 

4  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in  thy  house: 
They  will  be  still  praising  thee.     i^. 

5  Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength  is  in  thee; 
In  whose  heart  are  the  ways  of  them. 

6  Who  passing  through  the  valley  of  Baca  make  it 

a  well ; 
The  rain  also  fiUeth  the  pools. 

7  They  go  from  strength  to  strength. 

Every  one  of  them  in  Zion  appeareth  before  God. 

8  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  hear  my  prayer: 
Give  ear,  O  God  of  Jacob.    ^. 

9  Behold,  O  God  our  shield. 

And  look  upon  the  face  of  thine  anointed. 

0  For  a  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  than  a  thousand. 
I  had  rather  be  a  doorkeeper  in  the  house  of  my 
Than  to  dwell  in  the  tents  of  wickedness.       [God, 

.1  For  the  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield: 
The  Lord  will  give  grace  and  glory: 


34  THE   PRAYER  OF   MOSES. 

No  good  thing  will  he  withhold  from  them  that 
walk  uprightly. 
12  O  Lord  of  hosts,  blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth 
in  thee. 


GEM  XXIII. 

Come  now,  and  let  us  reason  together,  saith  the  Lord: 
Though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet. 

They  shall  be  as  white  as  snow; 
Though  they  be  red  like  crimson,     . 

They  shall  be  as  wool. — Isaiah  i,  18. 


GEM  XXIV. 
THE  PEAYEE  OF  MOSES. 

PSALM    XC. 

A  Prayer  of  Moses  the  Man  of  God. 

Lord,  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling  place  in   all 

'generations. 
Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth. 
Or  ever  thou  hadst  formed  the  earth  and  the  world, 
Even  from  everlasting  to  everlasting,  thou  art  God. 

Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction; 

And  sayest,  Eeturn,  ye  children  of  men. 
For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are  but  as  yes- 

terdsBy  when  it  is  past. 
And  as  a  watch  in  the  night. 

Thou  carriest  them  away  as  with  a  flood; 

They  are  as  a  sleep: 
In  the  morning  they  are  like  grass  which  groweth 

In  the  morning  it  flourisheth,  and  groweth  up; 


THE   PRAYER   OF   MOSES.  35 

In  the  evening  it  is  cut  down,  and  withereth. 

7  For  we  are  consumed  by  thine  anger, 
And  by  thy  wrath  are  we  troubled. 

8  Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before  thee. 

Our  secret  sins  in  the  light  of  thy  countenance. 

9  For  all  our  days  are  passed  away  in  thy  wraiWi ; 
We  spend  our  years  as  a  tale  that  is  told. 

10  The  days  of  our  years  are  three  score  years  and  ten; 
And  if  by  reason  of  strength  they  be  fourscore  years. 

Yet  is  their  strength  labour  and  sorrow; 
For  it  is  soon  cut  ofif,  and  we  fly  away. 

11  Who  knoweth  the  power  of  thine  anger? 
Even  according *to  thy  fear,  so  is  thy  wrath. 

12  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days, 

That  we  may  apply  our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

13  Eeturn,  O  Lord,  how  long? 

And  let  it  repent  thee  concerning  thy  servants. 

14  O  satisfy  us  early  with  thy  mercy; 

That  we  may  rejoice  and  be  glad  all  our  days. 

15  Make  us  glad  according  to  the  days  wherein  thou 

hast  afflicted  us. 
And  the  years  wherein  we  have  seen  evil. 

16  Let  thy  work  appear  unto  thy  servants, 
And  thy  glory  unto  their  children. 

17  And  let  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our  God  be  upon  us: 
And  establish  thou  the  work  of  our  hands  upon  us; 
Tea,  the  work  of  our  hands,  establish  thou  it. 

GEM~XXV. 

God  so  loved  the  world,  that  he  gave  his  only 
begotten  Son,  that  whosoever  believeth  on  him 
should  not  perish  but  have  eternal  life. — Jolin 
iii,  16. 


36  NO   CONDEMNATION,   ETC. 

•  GEM  XXVI. 

NO  CONDEMNATION  TO  THEM   THAT  AEE 
IN  CHEIST  JESUS. 

ROMANS  VIII. 

There  is  jtherefore  now  no  condemnation 

2  to  them  that  are  in  Christ  Jesus.  For  the 
law  of  the  Spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Jesus  made 
me  free  from  the  law  of  sin  and  of  death. 

3  For  what  the  law  could  not  do,  in  that  it  was 
weak  through  the  flesh,  God,  sending  his  own 
Son  in  the  likeness  of  sinful  flesh  and  as  an 
offering  for  sin,  condemned  sin  in  the  flesh: 

4  that  the  ordinance  of  the  law  might  be  ful- 
filled in  us,  who  walk  not  after  the  flesh,  but 

5  after  the  spirit.  For  they  that  are  after  the 
flesh  do  mind  the  things  of  the  flesh;  but 
they  that  are  after  the  spirit  the  things  of 

6  the  spirit .  For  the  mind  of  the  flesh  is  death ; 
but  the  mind  of  the  spirit  is  life  and  peace: 

7  because  the  mind  of  the  flesh  is  enmity 
against  God;  for  it  is  not  subject  to  the  law 

8  of  God,  neither  indeed  can  it  be:    and  they 

9  that  are  in  the  flesh  cannot  please  God.     But 
ye  are  not  in  the  flesh,  but  in  the  spirit,  if  so , 
be  that  the  Spirit  of   God  dwelleth  in  you. 
But  if  any  man  hath  not  the  Spirit  of  Christ, 

10  he  is  none  of  his.     And  if  Christ  is  in  you. 


NO   CONDEMNATION,   ETC.  37 

•     the  body  is  dead  because  of   sin;    but  the 

1 1  spirit  is  life  because  of  righteousness.  But 
if  the  Spirit  of  him  that  raised  up  Jesus  from 
the  dead  dwelleth  in  you,  he  that  raised  up 
Christ  Jesus  from  the  dead  shall  quicken 
also  your  mortal  bodies  through  his  Spirit 
that  dwelleth  in  you. 

12  So  then,  brethren,  we  are   debtors,  not  to 

13  the  flesh,  to  live  after  the  flesh:  for  if  ye  live 
after  the  flesh,  ye  must  die;  but  if  by  the 
spirit  ye  mortify  the  deeds  of  the  body,  ye 

14  shall  live.  For  as  many  as  are  led  by  the 
Spirit  of   God,  these  are  the  sons  of    God. 

15  For  ye  receive  not  the  spirit  of  bondage 
again  unto  fear;  but  ye  receive  the  spirit  of 

16  adoption,  whereby  we  cry,  Abba,  Father. 
The  Spirit  himself  beareth  witness  with  our 

17  spirit,  that  we  are  the  children  of  God:  and 
if  children^  then  heirs ;  heirs  of  God,  and  joint- 
heirs  with  Christ;  if  so  be  that  we  suffer  with 
him,  that  we  may  be  also  glorified  with  hira. 

18  For  I  reckon  that  the  sufferings  of  this 
present  time  are  not  worthy  to  be  compared 
with  the  glory  which  shall  be  revealed  to  us- 

19  ward.  For  the  earnest  expectation  of  the 
creation  waiteth  for  the  revealing  of  the  sons 

20  of  God.  For  the  creation  was  subjected  to 
vanity,  not  of  its  own  will,  but  by  reason  of 


38  NO   CONDEMNATION,   ETC 


21  liim  who  subjected  it,  in  hope  that  the  crea- 
tion itself  also  shall  be  delivered  from  the 
bondage  of  corruption  into  the  liberty  of  the 

22  glory  of  the  children  of  God.  For  we  know 
that  the  whole  creation  groaneth  and  travail - 

23  eth  in  pain  together  until  now.  And  not  only 
so,  but  ourselves  also,  which  have  the  first- 
fruits  of  the  Spirit,  even  we  ourselves  groan 
within  ourselves,  waiting  for  our  adoption, 

24  to -wit,  the  redemption  of  our  body.  For  by 
hope  were  we  saved:  but  hope  that  is  seen  is 
not  hope :  for  who  hopeth  for  that  which  he 

25  seeth?  But  if  we  hope  for  that  which  we 
see  not,  then  do  we  with  patience  wait  for  it. 

26  And  in  like  manner  the  Spirit  also  help- 
eth  our  infirmity:  for  we  know  not  how  to 
pray  as  we  ought;  but  the  Spirit  himself 
maketh   intercession  for   us  with   groanings 

27  which  cannot  be  uttered;  and  he  that  search- 
eth  the  hearts  knoweth  what  is  the  mind  of 
the  Spirit,  because  he  maketh  intercession  for 

28  the  saints  according  to  the  will  of  God.  And 
we  know  that  to  them  that  love  God  all  things 
work  together  for  good,  even  to  them  that  are 

29  called  according  to  his  purpose.  For  whom 
lie  foreknew,  he  also  foreordained  to  be  con- 
formed to  the  image  of  his  Son,  that  he  might 

30  be  the  firstborn  among  many  brethren :  and 


NO   CONDEMNATION,   ETC.  39 

whom  he  foreordained,  them  he  also  called: 

and  whom  he  called,  them  he  also  justified: 

and  whom  he  justified,  them  he  also  glorified. 

31       What  then  shall  we  say  to  these  things? 

3  2.  If  God  is  for  us,  who  is  against  us?  He  that 
spared  not  his  own  Son,  but  delivered  him 
up  for  us  all,  how  shall  he  not  also  with  him 

33  freely  give  us  all  things  ?  Who  shall  lay 
anything  to  the  charge  of  God's  elect?     It  is 

34  God  that  justifieth;  who  is  he  that  shall  con- 
demn? It  is  Christ  Jesus  that  died,  yea 
rather,  that  was  raised  from  the  dead,  who  is 
at  the  right  hand  of  God,  who  also  maketh 

35  intercession  for  us.  Who  shall  separate  us 
fi'om  the  love  of  Christ?  shall  tribulation,  or 
anguish,  or  persecution,  or  famine,  or  naked- 

30  ness,  or  peril',  or  sword?  Even  as  it  is  written, 

For  thy  sake  we  are  killed  all  the  day  long; 
We  were  accounted  as  sheep  for  the  slaughter. 

37  Nay,  in  all  these  things  we  are   more  than 

38  conquerors  through  him  that  loved  us.  For 
I  am  persuaded,  that  neither  death,  nor  life, 
nor  angels,  nor  principalities,  nor  things  pres- 

39  ent,  nor  things  to  come,  nor  powers,  nor 
height,  nor  depth,  nor  any  other  creature, 
shall  be  able  to  separate  us  from  the  love  of 
God,  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 


40  YOUTH   AND   AGE. 


GEM  XXVII. 

To  him  that  overcometh,  to  him  will  I  give  to 
eat  of  the  tree  of  life,  which  is  in  the  paradise 
of  God. — Revelations  ii^  7 . 


GEM  XXVIII. 
YOUTH  AND  AGE. 

ECOLESIASTES    XII. 

1  Remember  now  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy 

youth, 
While  the  evil  days  come  not, 
Nor  the  years  draw  nigh. 
When  •thou  shalt  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them; 

2  While  the   sun,  or  the  light,  or  the  moon,  or  the 

stars  be  not  darkened. 
Nor  the  clouds  return  after  the  rain: 

3  In  the  day  when  the  keepers  of  the  house  shall 

tremble, 
And  the  strong  men  shall  bow  themselves, 
And  the  grinders  cease  because  they  are  few. 
And  those  that  look  out  of  the  windows  be  dark- 
ened, 

4  And  the  doors  shall  be  shut  in  the  streets, 
When  the  sound  of  the  grinding  is  low. 
And  he  shall  rise  up  at  the  voice  of  the  bird. 
And  all  the  daughters  of  music  shall  be  brought 

low; 

5  Also  when  they  shall  be  afraid  of  that  which  is 

high. 
And  fears  shall  be  in  the  way. 


YOUTH   AND   AGE  41 


Anct  the  almond  tree  shall  flourish, 
And  the  grasshopper  shall  be  a  burden, 
And  desire  shall  fail; 
Because  man  goeth  to  his  long  home, 
And  the  mourners  go  about  the  streets; 

6  Or  ever  the  silver  cord  be  loosed. 
Or  the  golden  bowl  be  broken. 

Or  the  pitcher  be  broken  at  the  fountain, 
Or  the  wheel  broken  at  the  cistern. 

7  Then  shall  the  dust  return  to  the  earth  as  it  was: 

And  the  spirit  shall  return  unto  God  who  gave  it. 

«  *  *  *  * 

13  Let  us  hear  the  conclusion  of  the  whole  matter: 
Fear  God,  and  keep  his  commandments: 

For  this  is  the  whole  duty  of  man. 

14  For  God  shall  bring  every  work  into  judgment. 
With  every  secret  thing. 

Whether  it  be  good,  or  whether  it  be  evil. 


GEM  XXX. 

Then  Job  arose,  and  rent  his  mantle,  and  shaved 
his  head,  and  fell  down  upon  the  ground  and 
worshipped,  and  said.  Naked  came  I  out  of  my 
mother's  womb,  and  naked  shall  I  return  thither: 
the  Lord  gave  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away; 
blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord. — Job  i,  20-21. 


LOVE. 


GEM  XXX. 

LOVE. 

I  CORIIS^THIAIS^S  XIII. 

If  I  speak  with  the  tongues  of  men  and  of 
angels,  but  have  not  love,  I  am  become  sound- 

2  ing  brass,  or  a  clanging  cymbal.  And  if  I 
have  the  gift  of  prophecy,  and  know  all  mys- 
teries and  all  knowledge;  and  if  I  have  all 
faith,  so  as  to  remove  mountains,  but   have 

3  not  love,  I  am  nothing.  And  if  I  bestow  all 
my  goods  to  feed  the  poor,  and  if  I  give  my 
body  to  be  burned,  but  have  not  love,  it  prof- 

4  iteth  me  nothing.  Love  suifereth  long,  and 
is  kind;  love  envieth  not;  love  vaunteth  not 

5  itself,  is  not  puffed  up,  doth  not  behave  itself 
unseemly,  seeketh  not  its  own,  is  not  pro- 

6  voked,  taketh  not  account  of  evil;  rejoiceth 
not  in  unrighteousness,  but   rejoiceth   with 

7  the  truth;  beareth  all  things,  believeth  all 
things,  hopeth  all  things,  endureth  all  things. 

8  Love  never  faileth:  but  whether  there  be 
j)rophecies,  they  shall  be  done  away;  whether 
there  be  tongues,  they  shall  cease;  whether 
there  be  knowledge,  it  shall  be  done  away. 

9  For  we  know  in  part,  and  we  prophesy  in 
10  part:  but  when  that  which  is  perfect  is  come, 

that  which  is  in  part  shall   be  done  away. 


THE   GRACIOUS    CALL.  43 

11  AVhen  I  was  a  child,  I  spake  as  a  child,  I 
felt  as  a  child, I  thought  as  a  child:  now  that 
I  am  become  a  man,  I  have  put  away  child- 

12  ish  things.  For  now  we  see  in  a  mirror, 
darkly ;  but  then  face  to  face :  now  I  know 
in  part;  but  then  shall  I  know  even  as  also 

18  1  have  been  known.  But  now  abideth  faith, 
hope,  love,  these  three;  and  the  greatest  of 
these  is  love. 


GEM  XXXI. 

He  that   loveth  not   knoweth  not  God:   for 
God  is  love. — I  John  iv^  8. 


GEM  XXXII. 

THE  GRACIOUS  CALL. 

ISAIAH    LV. 

1  Ho!  every  one  that  thirsteth, 
Come  ye  to  the  waters, 
And  he  that  hath  no  money; 
Come  ye,  buy,  and  eat; 

Yea,  come,  buy  wine  and  milk  without  money  and 
without  price. 

2  Wherefore  do  ye  spend  money  for  that  which 

is  not  bread? 
And  your  labor  for  that  which  satisfieth  not? 
Hearken  diUgently  unto  me,  and  eat  ye  that  which 
is  good, 


44  THE   GRACIOUS   CALL. 

And  let  your  soul  delight  itself  in  fatness. 

3  Incline  your  ear  and  come  unto  me: 
Hear,  and  your  soul  shall  live; 

And  I  will  make  an  everlasting  covenant  with 

you, 
Even  the  sure  mercies  of  David. 

4  Behold  I  have  given  him  for  a  witness  to  the  people, 
A  leader  and  commander  to  the  people. 

5  Behold   thou   shalt   call   a   nation   that   thou 

knowest  not, 
And  nations  that  knew  not  thee  shall  run  unto 

thee,  because  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
And  for  the  Holy  One  of  Israel; 
For  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

6  Seek  ye  the^Lord  while  he  may  be  found. 
Call  ye  upon  him  while  he  is  near: 

7  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way. 

And  the  unrighteous  man  his  thoughts: 
And  let  him  return  unto  the  Lord, 
And  he  will  have  mercy  upon  him; 
And  to  our  God,  for  he  will  abundantly  pardon. 

8  For  my  thoughts  are  not  your  thoughts. 
Neither  are  your  ways  my  ways,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  For  as  the  heavens  are  higher  than  the  earth. 
So  are  my  ways  higher  than  your  ways. 
And  my  thoughts  than  your  thoughts. 

10         For  as  the  rain  cometh  down. 
And  the  snow  from  heaven, 
And  returneth  not  thither, 
But  watereth  the  earth. 
And  maketh  it  bring  forth  and  bud. 


THE   GRACIOUS   CALL.  45 

That  it  may  give  seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread  to 
the  eater: 

11  So  shall  my  word  be  that  goeth  forth  out  of 

my  mouth: 
It  shall  not  return  unto  me  void, 
But  it  shall  accomplish  that  which  I  please, 
And  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing  whereto  I 

sent  it. 

12  For  ye  shall  go  out  with  joy, 
And  be  led  forth  with  peace: 

The  mountains  and  the  hills  shall  break  forth 

before  you  into  singing, 
And  all  the  trees  of  the  field  shall  clap  their 

hands. 

13  Instead  of  the  thorn  shall  come  up  the  fir  tree. 
And  instead  of  the  brier  shall  come  up  the  myrtle 

tree: 
And  it  shall  be  to  the  Lord  for  a  name, 
For  an  everlasting  sign  that  shall  not  be  cut  ofi. 


GEM  XXXIII. 

Behold,  I  stand  at  the  door  and  knock:  if  any 
man  bear  my  voice  and  open  the  door,  I  will 
come  in  to  him,  and  will  sup  mth  him,  and  he 
wdth  me. — Revelations  iii^  20. 


THE   FATHER  S   LOVE. 


GEM  XXXIY. 

THE  EATHEE'S  LOVE. 

LUKE    XV. 

Now  all  the  publicans   and   sinners  were 

2  drawino;  near  unto  him  for  to  hear  him.  And 
both  the  Pharisees  and  the  scribes  mur- 
mured, saying,  This  man  receiveth  sinners, 
and.  eateth  with  them. 

3  And  he  spake  unto  them  this  parable,  say- 

4  ing,  What  man  of  you,  having  a  hundred 
sheep,  and  having  lost  one  of  them,  doth  not 
leave  the  ninety  and  nine  in  the  wilderness, 
and  go  after  that  which  is  lost,  until  he  find 

5  it?  And  when  he  hath  found  it,  he  layeth  it 

6  on  his  shoulders,  rejoicing.  And  when  he 
cometh  home,  he  calleth  together  his  fiiends 
and  his  neighbours,  saying  unto  them.  Re- 
joice  with  me,  for   I   have  found   my  sheep 

7  which  was  lost.  I  say  unto  you,  that  even 
so  there  shall  be  joy  in  heaven  over  one  sin- 
ner that  reperiteth,  more  than  over  ninety 
and  nine  righteous  persons,  which  need  no 
repentance. 

8  Or  what  woman  having  ten  pieces  of  sil- 
ver, if  she  lose  one  piece,  doth  not  light  a 
lamp,  and   sweep  the  house,  and  seek  dili- 

9  gently  until  she  find  it?     And  when  she  hath 


THE   FATHER  S    LOVE.  47 

found  it,  she  calletli  together  her  friends  and 
neighbours,  saying,  Rejoice   with  me,  for  I 

10  have  found  the  piece  which  I  had  lost.  Even 
so,  I  say  unto  you,  there  is  joy  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  angels  of  God  over  one  sinner 
that  repenteth. 

1 1  And  he  said,  A  certain  man  had  two  sons : 

12  and  the  younger  of  them  said  to  his  father. 
Father,  give  me  the  portion  of  thy  substance 
that  falleth  to  me.     And   he   divided   unto 

13  them  his  living.  And  not  many  days  after 
the  younger  son  gathered  all  together,  and 
took  his  journey  into  a  far  country;  and 
there   he  wasted   his  substance  with  riotous 

14  living.  And  when  he  had  spent  all,  there 
arose  a  mighty  famine  in  that  country;   and 

15  he  began  to  be  in  want.  And  he  went  and 
joined  himself  to  one  of  the  citizens  of  that 
country;  and  he  sent  him  into  his  fields  to 

16  feed  swine.  And  he  would  fain  hav^e  been 
filled  with  the  husks  that  the  swine  did  eat: 

17  and  no  man  gave  unto  him.  But  when  he 
came  to  himself  he  said.  How  many  hired 
servants  of  my  father's  have  bread  enough 
and  to  spare,  and  I  perish  here  with  hunger ! 

18  1  will  arise  and  go  to  my  father,  and  will  say 
unto  him.  Father,  I  have  sinned  against  hea- 

19  ven,  and  in  thy  sight:  I  am  no  more  worthy 


THE    FATHERS   LOVE. 


to  be  called  thy  son :  make  me  as  one  of  thy 

20  hired  servants.  And  he  arose,  and  came  to 
his  father.      But  while  he  was  yet  afar  off, 

,his  father   saw   him,  and   was   moved   with 
compassion,  and  ran,  and  fell  on   his   neck, 

21  and  kissed  him.  And  the  son  said  unto  him. 
Father,  I  have  sinned  against  heaven,  and  in 
thy  sight:  I  am  no  more  worthy  to  be  called 

22  thy  son.  But  the  father  said  to  his  servants, 
Bring  forth  quickly  the  best  robe,  and  put  it 
on  him ;  and  put  a  ring  on  his  hand  and  shoes 

23  on  his  feet:  and  bring  the  fatted  calf,  and  kill 

24  it,  and  let  us  eat,  and  make  merry:  for  this 
my  son  was  dead,  and  is  alive  again ;  he  was 
lost,  and  is  found.     And   they  began  to   be 

25  merry.  Now  his  elder  son  was  in  the  field: 
and  as  he  came  and  drew  nigh  to  the  house, 

26  he  heard  music  and  dancing.  And  he  called 
to  him  one  of  the  servants,  and  inquired  what 

2.7  these  things  might  be.  And  he  said  unto 
him,  Thy  brother  is  come;  and  thy  father 
hath  killed  the  fatted  calf,  because  he  hath 

28  received  him  safe  and  sound.  But  he  was 
angry,  and  would  not  go  in:    and  his  father 

29  came  out,  and  entreated  him.  But  he  an- 
swered and  said  to  his  father,  Lo,  these  many 
years  do  I  serve  thee,  and  I  never  transgressed 
a  commandment  of  thine:  and  yet  thou  never 


THE   SONG   OF   MOSES.  49 

gavest  me  a  kid,  that   I   might  make  merry 

30  with  my  finends:  but  when  this  thy  son  came, 
which  hath  devoured  thy  living  with  harlots, 

31  thou  killedst  for  him  the  fatted  calf.  And 
he  said  unto  him.  Son,  thou  art  ever  with  me, 

32  and  all  that  is  mine  is  thine.  But  it  was 
meet  to  make  merry  and  be  glad:  for  this  thy 
brother  was  dead,  and  is  alive  again;  and 
was  lost,  and  is  found. 


GEM  XXXV. 

Give  not   thy  strength  unto  w^omen,  nor  thy 
ways  to  that  which  destroyeth  kings. 

— Proverhs  xxxi,,  3. 


GEM  XXXVI. 

THE  SONG  OF  MOSES. 

EXODUS    XV. 

Then  sang  Moses  and  the  chiklren  of  Israel  this 

song  unto  the  Lord,  and  spake,  saying, 
'1  will  sing  unto  the  Lord, 
For  he  hath  triumphed  gloriously: 
The  horse  and  his  rider  hath  he  thrown  into  the 
sea. 

The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  song, 

And  he  is  become  my  salvation: 
He  is  my  God, 
And  I  will  prepare  him  a  habitation; 


50  •  THE   SONG   OF   MOSES. 


My  father's  God, 
And  I  will  exalt  him. 
S         The  Lord  is  a  man  of  war: 
The  Lord  is  his  name. 

4  Pharaoh's  chariots  and  his  host  hath  he  cast  into 

the  sea: 
His  chosen  captains  also  are  drowned  in  the  Red 
sea. 

5  The  depths  have  covered  them; 
They  sank  into  the  bottom  as  a  stone. 

6  Thy  right  hand,  0  Lord,  is  become  glorious  in 

power: 
Thy  right  hand,  O  Lord,  hath  dashed  in  pieces  the 
enemy. 

7  And  in  the  greatness  of  thine  excellency  thou 

hast  overthrown  them  that  rose  up  against 
thee: 
Thou  sentest  forth  thy  wrath,  which  consumed 
them  as  stubble. 

8  And  with  the  blast  of  thy  nostrils  the  waters  were 

gathered  together, 
The  floods  stood  upright  as  a  heap. 
And  the  depths  were  congealed  in  the  heart  of  the 

sea. 

9  The  enemy  said,  I  will  pursue,  I  will  overtake, 

I  will  divide  the  spoil; 
My  lust  shall  be  satisfied  upon  them; 
I  will  draw  my  sword, 
My  hand  shall  destroy  them. 
10  Thou  didst  blow  with  thy  wind. 
The  sea  covered  them: 
They  sank  as  lead  in  the  mighty  waters. 


IVERSITT 


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THE   SONG   OF  MOSES.  51 

11  Who  is  like  unto  thee,  0  Lord,  among  the  gods? 
Who  is  like  thee,  glorious  in  holiness,  fearful 

in  praises,  doing  wonders? 

12  Thou  stretchedst  out  thy  right  hand, 
The  earth  swallowed  them. 

13  Thou  in  thy  mercy  hast  led  forth  the  people  which 

thou  hast  redeemed: 
Thou  hast  guided  them  in  thy  strength  unto 
thy  holy  habitation. 

14  The  people  shall  hear,  and  be  afraid: 

Sorrow   shall   take   hold   on   the   inhabitants   of 
Palestina. 

15  Then  the  dukes  of  Edom  shall  be  amazed; 
The  mighty  men  of  Moab!  trembling  shall  take 

hold  of  them; 
All  the  inhabitants  of  Canaan  shall  melt  away. 

16  Fear  and  dread  shall  fall  upon  them; 

By  the  greatness  of  thine  arm  they  shall  be  as 
still  as  a  stone; 
Till  thy  people  pass  over,  0  Lord, 
Till  the  people  pass  over,  which  thou  hast  pur- 

17  Thou  shalt  bring  them  in,  [chased. 
And  plant  them  in  the  mountain  of  thine  inherit- 
ance, 

In  the  place,  O  Lord,  which  thou  hast  made  for 

thee  to  dwell  in; 
In  the  Sanctuary,  0  Lord,  which  thy  hands 

have  established. 

18  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

19         For  the  horse  of  Pharaoh  went  in  with  his  char- 
iots  and  with  his  horsemen  into  the  sea. 


52  THE   NEW   JERUSALEM. 

And  the  Lord  brought  again  the  waters  of  the 

sea  upon  them; 
But  the  children  o£  Israel  went  on  dry  land  in 

the  midst  of  the  sea." 


GEM  XXXVII. 

Now  the  just  shall  live  by  faith:  but  if  any 
man  draw  back,  my  soul  shall  have  no  pleasure 
in  Mm. — Hebrews  ^,38. 


GEM  XXXVIII. 
THE  NEW  JERUSALEM. 

REVELATIONS   XXI,  XXII. 

21     And  I  saw  a  new  heaven  and  a  new  earth: 
for  tlie  first  heaven  and   the  first  earth  are 

2  passed  away;  and  the  sea  is  no  more.  And 
I  saw  the  holy  city,  new  Jerusalem,  coming 
down  out  of  heaven  from  God,  made  ready 

3  as  a  bride  adorned  for  lier  husband.  And  I 
heard  a  great  voice  out  of  tlie  throne  saying. 
Behold,  the  tabernacle  of  God  is  witli  men, 
and  he  shall  dwell  with  them,  and  they  shall 
be  his  peoples,  and  God  himself  shall  be  with 

4  them,  and  be  their  God:  and  he  shall  wipe 
away  every  tear  from  their  eyes ;  and  death 
shall  be  no   more;    neither   shall   there   be 


THE   NEW   JERUSALEM.  53 

mourning,  nor  crying,  nor  pain,  any   more: 

5  the  first  things  are  passed  away.  And  he 
that  sitteth  on  the.  throne  said.  Behold,  I 
make  all  things  new.     And  he  saith,  Write: 

6  for  these  words  are  faithful  and  true.  And 
he  said  unto  me.  They  are  come  to  pass.  I 
am  the  Alpha  and  the  Omega,  the  beginning 
and  the  end.  I  will  give  unto  him  that  is 
athirst  of  the  fountain  of  the  water  of  life 

7  freely.  He  that  overcometh  shall  inherit 
these  things;  and  I  w^ill  be  his  God,  and  he 

8  shall  be  my  son.  But  for  the  fearful,  and 
unbelieving,  and  abominable,  and  murderers, 
and  fornicators,  and  sorcerers,  and  idolaters, 
and  all  liars,  their  part  shall  be  in  the  lake 
that  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone;  whij^h 
is  the  second  death. 

9  And  there  came  one  of  the  seven  angels 
who  had  the  seven  bowls,  who  were  laden 
with  the  seven  last  plagues;  and  he  spake 
with  me,  saying.  Come  hither,  I  will  shew 

10  thee  the  bride,  the  wife  of  the  Lamb.  And 
he  carried  me  away  in  the  Spirit  to  a  moun- 
tain great  and  high,  and  shewed  me  the  holy 
city  Jerusalem,  coming  down  out  of   heaven 

11  from  God,  having  the  glory  of  God:  her 
light  was  like  unto  a  stone  most  precious,  as 

12  it  were  a  jasper  stone,  clear  as  crystal:  hav- 


THE   NEW   JERUSALEM. 


mg  a  wall  great  and  high ;  having  twelve 
gates,  and  at  the  gates  twelve  angels ;  and 
names  written  thereon,  which  are  the  names 
of  the  twelve  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel : 

13  on  the  east  were  three  gates ;  and  on  the  north 
three  gates;    and  on  the  south  three  gates; 

14  and  on  the  west  three  gates.  And  the  wall 
of  the  city  had  twelve  foundations,  and  on 
them  twelve  names  of  the  twelve  apostles  of 

15  the  Lamb.  And  he  that  spake  with  me  had 
for  a  measure  a  golden  reed  to  measure  the 
city,  and  the   gates   thereof,   and   the   wall 

16  thereof.  And  the  city  lieth  foursquare,  and 
the  length  thereof  is  as  great  as  the  breadth : 
and  he  measured  the  city  with  the  reed, 
twelve  thousand  furlongs :  the  length  and  the 
breadth  and   the  height  thereof    are   equal. 

17  And  he  measured  the  wall  thereof,  a  hundred 
and  forty  and  four  cubits,  according  to  the 

18  measure  of  a  man,  that  is,  of  an  angel.  And 
the  building  of  the  wall  thereof  was  jasper: 
and  the  city  was  pure  gold,  like  unto  pure 

19  glass.  The  foundations  of  the  wall  of  the 
city  were  adorned  with  all  manner  of  pre- 
cious stones.  The  first  foundation  was  jasper; 
the  second,  sapphire;  the  third,  chalcedony; 

20  the  fourth,  emerald;  the  fifth,  sardonyx;  the 
sixth,  sardius;    the  seventh,  chrysolite;    the 


THE   NEW    JERUSALEM.         55 

eighth,  beryl;    the  ninth,  topaz;    the  tenth, 
chrysoprase;      the    eleventh,  jacinth;     the 

21  twelfth,  amethyst.  And  the  twelve  gates 
were  twelve  pearls;  each  one  of  the  several 
gates  was  of  one  pearl :  and  the  street  of  the 
city  was  pure  gold,  as   it   were  transparent 

22  glass.  And  I  saw  no  temple  therein :  for  the 
Lord  God  the  Almighty,  and  the  Lamb,  are 

23  the  temple  thereof.  And  the  city  hath  no 
need  of  the  sun,  neither  of  the  moon,  to 
shine   upon  it:    for  the   glory  of    God   did 

24  lighten  it,  and  the  lamp  thereof  is  the  Lamb. 
And  the  nations  shall  ^valk  amidst  the  light 
thereof:  and  the  kings  of  the  earth  do  brmg 

25  their  glory  into  it.  And  the  gates  thereof 
shall   in  no  wise  be  shut  by  day  (for  there 

26  shall  be  no  night  there) :  and  they  shall  bring 
the  glory  and  the  honor  of    the  nations  into 

27  it:  and  there  shall  in  no  wise  enter  into  it 
anything  unclean,  or  he  that  maketh  an 
abomination  and  a  lie:  but  only  they  which  , 

22  are  written  in  the  Lamb's  book  of  life.  And 
he  shewed  me  a  river  of  water  of  life,  bright 
as  crystal,  proceeding  out  of  the  *throne  of 
God  and  of  the  Lamb,  in  the  midst  of  the 
2  street  thereof.  And  on  this  side  of  the  river 
and  on  that  was  the  tree  of  life,  bearing 
twelve   manner   of  fruits,   yielding  its  fruit 


56  THE   NEW  JERUSALEM. 

every  month :  and  the  leaves  of  the  tree  were 
3  for  the  healing  of  the  nations .  And  there 
shall  be  no  curse  any  more:  and  the  throne 
of  God  and  of  the  Lamb  shall  be  therein: 
4  and  his  servants  shall  do  him  service;  and 
they  shall  see  his  face;    and   his  name  shall 

5  be  on  their  foreheads.  And  there  shall  be 
night  no  more;  and  they  need  no  light  of 
lamp,  neither  light  of  sun;  for  the  Lord  God 
shall  give  them  light :  and  they  shall  reign 
for  ever  and  ever. 

6  And  he  said  unto  me,  These  words  are 
faithful  and  true:  and  the  Lord,  the  God  of 
the  spirits  of  the  prophets,  sent  his  angel  to 
shew  unto  his  servants  the  things  which  must 

7  shortly  come  to  pass.  And  behold,  I  come 
quickly.  Blessed  is  he  that  keepeth  the 
words  of  the  prophecy  of  this  book. 

8  And  I  John  am  he  that  heard  and  saw 
these  things.  And  when  I  heard  and  saw, 
I  fell  down  to  worship  before  the  feet  of  the 

9  angel  which  shewed  me  these  things.  And 
he  saith  unto  me.  See  thou  do  it  not:  I  am  a 
fellow-servant  with  thee  and  with  thy  breth- 
ren the  prophets,  and  with  them  which  keep 
the  words  of  this  book :  worship  God. 

10       And  he  saith  unto  me,  Seal  not  up  the 
words  of  the  prophecy  of  this  book;*the  for 


THE   NEW   JERUSALEM.  57 

11  time  is  at  hand.  He  that  is  unrighteous,  let 
him  do  unrighteousness  still:  and  he  that  is 
filthy,  let  him  be  made  filthy  still :  and  he 
that  is  righteous,  let  him  do  righteousness 
still:  and  he  that  is  holy,  let  him  be  made 

12  holy  still.  Behold,  I  come  quickly;  and  my 
reward  is  with  me,  to  render  to  each  man  ac- 

13  cording  as  his  work  is.  I  am  the  Alpha  and 
the  Omega,  the  first  and  the  last,  the  begin- 

14  ning  and  the  end.  Blessed  are  they  that 
wash  their  robes,  that  they  may  have  the 
right  to  come  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  may 

15  enter  in  by  the  gates  into  the  city.  Without 
are  the  dogs,  and  the  sorcerers,  and  the  for- 
nicators, and  the  murderers,  and  the  idola- 
ters, and  every  one  that  loveth  and  maketh 
a  lie. 

16  I  Jesus  have  sent  mine  angel  to  testify 
unto  you  these  things  for  the  churches.  I 
am  •the  root  and  offspring  of  David,  the 
bright,  the  morning  star. 

17  And  the  Spirit  and  the  bride  say.  Come. 
And  he  that  heareth,  let  him  say.  Come. 
And  he  that  is  athirst,  let  him  come :  he  that 
will,  let  him  take  the  water  of  life  freely. 

18  I  testify  unto  every  man  that  heareth  the 
words  of  the  prophecy  of  this  book.  If  any 
man  shall  add  unto  them,  God  shall  add  unto 


58  THE   NEW  JERUSALEM. 

him  the  plagues  which  are  written  in  this 

19  book:  and  if  any  man  shall  take  away  from 
the  words  of  the  book  of  this  prophecy,  God 
shall  take  away  his  part  from  the  tree  of  life, 
and  out  of  the  holy  city,  which  are  written 
in  this  book. 

20  He  which  testifieth these  things  saith,  Yea: 
I  come  quickly.      Amen:  come,  Lord  Jesus. 

21  The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  be  with  the 
saints.     Amen. 


GEM  XXXIX. 

Let  us  therefore  draw  near  with  boldness  unto 
the  throne  of  grace,  that  we  may  receive  mercy, 
and  may  find  grace  to  help  us  in  time  of  need. 

Hebrews  iv^  16. 


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